Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-06
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A nOaung Island mas FORMED IN Lake
Apopka. Florida
In Steuben county. New York, one
day recently, 60 year-old farmer
married 16-year-old girl.
The statistics show that Philadelphia
has 6.0S4 saloons. of which only 47O.
are kept by native Americans.
The river front at Sioux City is
being cut of in huge chunks by the
treacherous whirlpools of the Missouri.
A man in Stafford, Kas.. has made
an effort TO improve on the declaration
of independence by writinga new one.
O.C. Cabot, a brother of Sebastian
Cabot, had only to spell his name
backwards and the result was--tooac-
co.
In New York city many mothers
give their babes an airing by riding an
hour or two in the elevated railway
cars
Clara Erskin Waters is the name OF
Boston woman who is building Hin
doc temple in her back yard, to wor-
ship in. SE
Miss Batcheler. of Saratoga, daugh-
ter of General Batcheler, is only seven
teen years old and speaks. eight Ian
guages fuently.
In the east of London there is
church where parties wishing to marry
may have the ceremony performed for
sevenpence ha'penny.
The women of the Presbyterian
Church of this country have raised
during the past sixteen years about
S2,150,000 for missions.
Nine. Popp, for fifty years editor of
the Bruges Journal, has written no less
than $4,000 articles, each containing
from 5000 to 1900 words.
Gilbert and Sullivan are said to be
preparing an American comic opera
based on the assumption that Amcri-
cans don't rule their own country.
A law designed to prevent girls
under the age, of 15 years from beg
ging or peddling has been admitted to
the statute books of Massachusetts.
A writer in The Ninetecnh Century
proposes the establishment of a we'll
endowed kitchen college for the sys-
tematic training of domestic servants.
At Clarksville, Ca, the Soque wool
en- mill has forbidden any of its female
employees to wear bustles while at work
in the factory, for the reason that
there is danger OF their dresses being
caught in the looms.
There is law in Washington terri
tory compelling the teachers of public
schools to teach physiology and hy-
giene, and if they do not teach the
same they cannot draw school money;
also, If the pupils will not study those
studies they can be expelled from the
school.
Two years ago Lillian E.'Linekin, of
San Francisco, employed detective
to go east aud look up the antecedents
of Dir. Toland, to whom the young lady
was engaged. The engagement was
soon after declared off," and now the
detective is suing Miss Linekin for
$1,000 for his services.
Irving Born Of Allegan, Mich, IS
years Oh, Helped his mother wash in
the morning and then went to Clapp's
warehouse, nailed handles on 600 peach
baskets, driving eight nails in each
basket, or 1890 in all, and then tied
up the baskets in half-dozen lots. He
then quit and called it half alday
The San Francisco AIta boasts that
the voting citizens of that city come
from, sixty different political divisions
of the world. Egypt being about the
only country not represented. The
American" party certainly stands a
poor chance In city where there are
23,348 citizens of foreign nationality
and Is, ,256 born in the United States.
The San Diego Sun says that prom.
inent resident Of National City, whose
reputation for probity is thoroughly
established, points to a large grape
vine and deposes as follows: Last
year helped to pick and weigh 1,14S
pounds of fruit from the vine. / saw
these grapes pressed into 12S gallons
of wine by a man 8S years of age, and
the most of the product was retailed to
medical men here and at San Diego at
so per gallon
A few mornings ago at Milledgeville,
Ca, Mr.. Edward Carrington's atten-
tion was attracted to a noise in the
yard among the poultry. He soon dis
covered with the geese tall white
bird. Being alarmed the bird few i'll
atreenear the fence, from which it was
shot in the neck and killed. It proved
to be crane of the order Of grallia.
1t measured II feet from tip to tip oi
wings and 8 feet 2 inches from the tip
of bill to end of tail 8
The complete skeleton Of man and
the blade of an officers sword were
found a few days ago on.a portion ot
the battlefield Of Antietam by a party
Of Charleston CIV. Va.) fishermen.
The body was in the midst Of a thickei
Of young trees, which probably ac-
counts for its being overlooked for SC
long q time. There being no clew els
to the identity Of the remains the
bones we're inferred By the fishermen
near where they were found.
AGeorgia mule fell into an old we'll
thirty feet deep. He took his position
s in a sitting posture and was the unwill-
ing gssmonarch of ali he surveyed until
his excited owner summoned posse
to his aid. "A rope was tied around
the body of The mule and he was drawn
to the top Of the well. The rope broke
and the mule again went to the other
end OF the well. a second attempt
was successful. He leaped to his feet
and commenced feeding on grass as
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